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Former Blue Devil Thornton joins Duke Basketball Staff

Duke men’s basketball head coach Jon Scheyer announced Tyler Thornton, a four-year letterwinner and former team captain with the Blue Devils, as an assistant coach on Friday. Thornton returns to Duke after spending the past six seasons (2019-25) as an assistant coach and director of player development at Howard University, helping head coach and fellow Duke men’s basketball

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Sanchez named Associate Head Basketball Coach at Baylor

Baylor men’s basketball completed its 2025-26 coaching staff, announcing the addition of Ron Sanchez as associate head coach on Friday morning. The 29-year coaching veteran joins Scott Drew‘s staff after serving the last two seasons with the Virginia Cavaliers, most recently as interim head coach for the 2024-25 season. Sanchez is the third assistant on Drew’s staff

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Utah adds Sun as Director of Men’s Basketball Operations

Utah head men’s basketball coach Alex Jensen has named Victoria Sun as the newest director of basketball operations for the Runnin’ Utes. “I’m thrilled to have someone of Victoria’s caliber join our staff,” Jensen remarked. “She’s been around basketball her whole life and has done everything at an award-winning level. We’re fortunate to have Vic join our Runnin’ Utes

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Indiana adds Adams as Assistant Basketball Coach

Indiana head men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries announced the addition of assistant coach Drew Adams to his staff on Wednesday. “Drew has been successful every place he has coached,” DeVries said. “He has deep recruiting ties to the state of Indiana and will work tirelessly to make sure we are able to put the best product

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Wake Forest adds Friedman as Assistant Basketball Coach

With more than a decade of experience coaching in the NBA and the G-League, Wake Forest men’s basketball head coach Steve Forbes has announced the addition of Nick Friedman to his staff as an assistant coach.  “Nick comes highly recommended by numerous NBA coaches, players, front office personnel, agents, and his college coaches,” Forbes said. “When I

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